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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62390184&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Hamid Karzai's challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in an attempt to force the vote's postponement until spring, his campaign manager said — a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62387742&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62379844&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Kabul remains on edge, with suicide bombings shattering any peace and the growing strength of the Taliban-led insurgency on everyone's mind.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62375650&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's opposition leaders vowed Saturday to continue challenging the ruling system despite a harsh crackdown by security forces that killed dozens of protesters in post-election turmoil.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62359149&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62359148&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. Coast Guard has identified nine people feared dead at sea following an air collision between a Coast Guard aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62359017&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. hopes of reviving Mideast peace talks appeared shaky Saturday after a senior Palestinian aide said the Palestinians are unlikely to resume negotiations if Israel does not halt Jewish settlement building.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62358873&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Robert Mugabe took a sharp dig at his estranged governing partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday, but said they were still allies in Zimbabwe's troubled coalition.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62355875&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suspected Taliban militants set off a roadside bomb that killed seven paramilitary soldiers Saturday in a rugged tribal region of northwestern Pakistan, while government jets pounded Taliban hideouts elsewhere and killed at least 15 fighters, officials said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=62355797&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday a U.N.-backed plan to ship much of the country's uranium abroad for further enrichment, raising further doubts about the likelihood Tehran will finally approve the deal.